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England, Bristol (manufacturer)
Punch bowl (c. 1775)
earthenware (tin-glazed)
6.6 × 15.6 × 15.5 cm
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Patricia Begg OAM Bequest, 2024
© Public Domain
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Punch bowl
(c. 1775)
Medium
earthenware (tin-glazed)
Measurements
6.6 × 15.6 × 15.5 cm
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Patricia Begg OAM Bequest, 2024
© Public Domain
Gallery location
17th & 18th Century Decorative Arts & Paintings Gallery
Level 2, NGV International
About this work
The colour palette and decorative motifs employed across this punch bowl derive from imported Chinese and Japanese porcelains; however English potters often took their inspiration from imported Dutch delftwares, rather than the Asian originals.The imagery over the floor of this bowl includes the Chinese motifs of a scholar’s rock, flowering plum blossom and a bird within foliage, all surrounded by a ring of ruyi symbols, emblematic of power and good fortune. Yet the colour palette of blue, green and iron red is inspired by Japanese porcelains, and similarly, the reeded form of the bowl references Japanese bowls imitating chrysanthemum flowers.
Artwork Details
Place/s of Execution
Bristol, England
Inscription
pained (diagonally) in blue on base c.: O S / 136
Accession Number
2024.282
Department
International Decorative Arts